Online recruiting filled with pitfalls

Just as Internet technology is allowing employers to find and quickly screen qualified candidates online, it is becoming riskier to use those tools.

In August, No. 1 online recruiter Monster.com reported that 1.3 million resumes containing personal contact information had been diverted by hackers to a server in the Ukraine.

The mega job board followed up in November with news that a second attack targeted the portion of the site that contained profiles of some of its biggest employer clients – Best Buy, Eddie Bauer and Toyota Financial Services – and redirected visitors to try to trick them into revealing personal…